Life-Cycle Costing

An estimate of all expenses a company incurs and derives from a product. Life cycle costing includes all expenses from research and development, marketing, customer services and so forth. It is calculated from the beginning of a product's research to its estimated date of withdrawal from the market. Life cycle costing helps a company determine whether or not a product is going to be profitable.

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